Sürthgens Mossel
Sürthgens Mossel (also Sürthgens Musel , from "dog who comes from Sürthgen") is a legendary figure who, according to legend, drives mischief every day between Bergstein and Nideggen .
history
During the war between Emperor Karl V and Duke Wilhelm V of Jülich-Kleve-Berg in 1542, Charles's troops were in Bergstein and were supposed to take Nideggen Castle on Karl's orders . The leader of the troops wanted to outsmart the Nideggener and wrapped himself in a dog's skin . Disguised like this, he crept up to the town of Nideggen.
He had agreed with his troops that they would follow him on a secret signal when the time was right. In the event that they did not receive a sign from him, they should assume that he had been captured or killed. Should this happen, he had vowed to himself, he would be up to mischief in the area for centuries.
legend
The leader of the troops was shot by the Graziasturm of Nideggen Castle during his ruse . Since then he has been supposed to cover the route from Bergstein every day via the footpath - called Sürthgen - from the church there to Zerkall and Nideggen in the form of a dog. On the way he should play badly with people he meets, or typically run between their legs on his groaning, groaning night shuttle, carry them a little further and then throw them off roughly.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steffen Hammer: Sürthgens Musel (Bergstein). In: Aachen in the picture. Steffen Hammer, accessed on January 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Margot Klinke: The Sürthgen Musel. In: heimat-geschichtsverein-nideggen.de. Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Nideggen eV, accessed on April 17, 2019 .